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Review of Sally Atkinson-Sheppard, The Gangs of Bangladesh: Mastaans, Street Gangs and ‘Illicit Child Labourers’ in Dhaka

Review of Sally Atkinson-Sheppard, The Gangs of Bangladesh: Mastaans, Street Gangs and ‘Illicit... Asian Journal of Criminology (2022) 17:109–111 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-021-09348-1 BOOK RE VIE W Review of Sally Atkinson‑Sheppard, The Gangs of Bangladesh: Mastaans, Street Gangs and ‘Illicit Child Labourers’ in Dhaka London: Palgrave Macmillans, 2019. ISBN:978–3,030,184,254, 215 pages, $99.99 (hardcover) Weidi Liu Received: 2 February 2021 / Accepted: 16 February 2021 / Published online: 8 March 2021 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2021 So far, we have obtained limited knowledge of organized crime, particularly the knowledge from insiders’ perspective on why some people engage with organized crime groups and how the groups operate. Sally Atkinson-Sheppard’s book is among the timely dedications to unveiling this puzzle. Specifically, this book contributes to our understanding of organ - ized crime activities in an impoverished Asian country and street children’s engagement with organized crime groups. This book fills multiple gaps in research with a three-year participant observation in Dhaka and interviews with 22 children and 80 criminal justice practitioners, NGO work- ers, and community members. First, the study documents the structure, subculture, and illicit activities of the organized crime groups (mastaan groups) in Dhaka. Based on the observations, Sally Atkinson-Sheppard proposes a social protection theory of mafia. Sec - ond, the book explores why the street children http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Review of Sally Atkinson-Sheppard, The Gangs of Bangladesh: Mastaans, Street Gangs and ‘Illicit Child Labourers’ in Dhaka

Liu, Weidi
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume 17 (1) – Mar 1, 2022
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Asian Journal of Criminology (2022) 17:109–111 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-021-09348-1 BOOK RE VIE W Review of Sally Atkinson‑Sheppard, The Gangs of Bangladesh: Mastaans, Street Gangs and ‘Illicit Child Labourers’ in Dhaka London: Palgrave Macmillans, 2019. ISBN:978–3,030,184,254, 215 pages, $99.99 (hardcover) Weidi Liu Received: 2 February 2021 / Accepted: 16 February 2021 / Published online: 8 March 2021 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2021 So far, we have obtained limited knowledge of organized crime, particularly the knowledge from insiders’ perspective on why some people engage with organized crime groups and how the groups operate. Sally Atkinson-Sheppard’s book is among the timely dedications to unveiling this puzzle. Specifically, this book contributes to our understanding of organ - ized crime activities in an impoverished Asian country and street children’s engagement with organized crime groups. This book fills multiple gaps in research with a three-year participant observation in Dhaka and interviews with 22 children and 80 criminal justice practitioners, NGO work- ers, and community members. First, the study documents the structure, subculture, and illicit activities of the organized crime groups (mastaan groups) in Dhaka. Based on the observations, Sally Atkinson-Sheppard proposes a social protection theory of mafia. Sec - ond, the book explores why the street children

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